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Law Practice

Aug. 29, 2013

The charge of law schools

If the job of law schools were simply to recreate lawyers in their own image, it could be done easily in two years. By John Trasviña


By John Trasviña


President Barack Obama's recent suggestion that law schools consider eliminating the third year of study puts welcome national attention on crises in the legal profession and legal education which have serious implications for all our communities. While jobs for lawyers and applications for law schools have dropped precipitously, injustice and the average American's need for quality, affordable legal representation have not. The question f...

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